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UJobe Uyaphendula
1 UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 “Lalelani kuhle amazwi ami;
lokhu akube yinduduzo elingipha yona.
3 Ake lingibekezelele nxa ngisakhuluma,
ngithi nxa sengikhulumile liklolode.
4 Ukusola kwami kuqonde umuntu yini?
Ngingayekelelani ukucunuka pho?
5 Ngikhangelani, lizamangala;
vulani imilomo yenu ngezandla.
6 Nxa ngikhumbula ngalokhu ngitshaywa luvalo;
ngizwa umzimba wami uqhaqhazela.
7 Kungani ababi bephila impilo ende,
baluphale nje amandla abo esanda?
8 Babona abantwababo bezinza benamile,
inzalo yabo layo beyikhangele.
9 Imizi yabo ihlezi kayilakwesaba;
induku kaNkulunkulu kayikho phezu kwabo.
10 Inkunzi zabo zikhuthele ziyazala;
amankomokazi abo azala kuhle kawaphunzi.
11 Abantwababo bayazihambela njengomhlambi;
izingane zabo ziyazigidela zichelesile.
12 Bayahlabela betshaya izigubhu lamachacho;
bayazithokozisa ngomsindo wemiqangala.
13 Yonke iminyaka yabo ngeyokuphumelela
baze bayongena egodini belokuthula.
14 Kodwa bathi kuNkulunkulu, ‘Tshiyana lathi!
Kasifisi ukuzazi izindlela zakho.
15 Ungubani yena uSomandla ofuna ukuthi simkhonze na?
Sizazuzani nxa sikhuleka kuye na?’
16 Kodwa ukuphumelela kwabo kakukho ezandleni zabo,
ngakho kangisondeli ezelulekweni zababi.
17 Kodwa kukangaki na isibane sababi sicinywa?
Kukangaki besehlelwa ngamabhadi na,
abawabelwa nguNkulunkulu ezondile?
18 Kukangaki besiba njengomule emoyeni na,
njengamakhoba ephetshulwa yisivunguzane?
19 Kuthiwa, ‘UNkulunkulu ulomba isijeziso somuntu
asibekele amadodana akhe.’
Kajezise yena umuntu ngokwakhe
ukuze akwazi!
20 Amehlo akhe kawakubone
ukuchithwa kwakhe;
kalunathe ulaka lukaSomandla.
21 Ngoba uvele uzihlupha ngani ngemuli avele ezayitshiya
nxa izinyanga zakhe azabelweyo seziphelile na?
22 Kambe ukhona ongafundisa uNkulunkulu ulwazi,
njengoba yena esahlulela labaphezulu na?
23 Umuntu uyafa ephilile kuhle,
kukuhle konke ekhululekile,
24 umzimba wakhe uzimukile,
amathambo akhe egcwele umnkantsho.
25 Omunye ufa elobuhlungu emphefumulweni wakhe,
evele engakaze akholise lutho oluhle.
26 Bobabili balaliswe ndawonye eceleni komunye othulini,
impethu zinyakaze phezu kwabo bobabili.
27 Ngiyazi kamhlophe ukuthi licabangani,
amacebo elidinga ukungilimaza ngawo.
28 Lithi, ‘Ingaphi-ke manje indlu yesikhulu,
amathente okwakuhlala kuwo abantu ababi?’
29 Kalikaze libuze labo abahambayo na?
Kalize lananzelela izinto abazilandisayo,
30 ukuthi umuntu omubi uyaphepha ngosuku lokubhujiswa na,
ukuthi uyakhululwa ngosuku lwesiphithiphithi?
31 Kambe ngubani omtshela ngobubi bakhe ebusweni bakhe na?
Ngubani ophindiselayo ngalokho akwenzileyo na?
32 Uthwalelwa engcwabeni,
lilindwe ingcwaba lakhe ngemfanelo.
33 Inhlabathi esigodini leso imnandi kuye;
bonke abantu bayamlandela,
banengi kakhulu njalo abahamba kuqala kulaye.
34 Pho-ke lingangiduduza njani likhuluma ize nje?
Akusalanga lutho elilutshoyo ngaphandle kwenkohliso.”